Aelex, UNILAG shine at young arbitrators’ contest

Team Aelex receiving a trophy and cash prize after winning the LCA-YAN International Commercial Arbitration Moot competition 2018 at the Lagos Court of Arbitration ... recently. Photo: LCA-YAN

Oladimeji Ramon

Commercial law firm, Aelex, and the Faculty of Law, University of Lagos have emerged this year’s winners of the Lagos Court of Arbitration-Young Arbitrators Network’s commercial moot competition, which held in Lagos.

Aelex’s team of young lawyers clinched the number one spot ahead of Aluko & Oyebode law firm team, while the UNILAG team beat their Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife counterparts to the second place in the university category.

The competition, which held at the Lagos Court of Arbitration, Lekki, Lagos, also saw Endurance Agbor of Aelex emerge as the best advocate in the law firm category, while Alao Omeiza, of UNILAG, claimed the corresponding prize in the university category.

Some of the other law firms that participated in the competition were Babalakin & Co., Templers and Banwo & Ighodalo, which won the maiden edition of the competition last year.

Aside from UNILAG and OAU, University of Free State (South Africa), Lagos State University and the University of Nigeria, Nsukka also participated in the completion.

The LCA-YAN explained that the competition was inspired by “the renowned Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot.”

“In preparation for the semi-finals and finals of the competition, the LCA-YAN organised a three-day intensive training for the participating teams, which were drawn from law faculties and law firms.

“The trainings were facilitated by experienced Vis Moot coaches – Dr Benjamin Werthmann and Tijmen Klein Bronsvoort, at the Lagos Court of Arbitration from 23 to 25 July 2018,” the body said.

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